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I'm giving this a 4/5 stars. The music was great, and it's a gift to posterity by those who finally assembled this footage, but for too many of the acts, we get to see their opening number — which often is more about getting a groove going — and miss out on the rest of their sets. Fortunately, they circled back later and provided additional Stevie Wonder and Family Stone and Staples footage. We only got about 20 seconds of Moms Mabley, but it was a pretty cool 20. The ones at the peak of their powers here are Sly and the Family Stone, which, if I'm correctly recalling, is the only act who also played Woodstock, and Nina Simone. Nina doesn't even get into her sweet spot, opening with a blues song, following with a Sesame Street-ish sing-song type of children's anthem that took it's title from Lorraine Hansberry's To Be Young Gifted and Black, and then reciting a poem, that's not even hers, but she delivers with more flow than a lot of rappers of today can muster. None of that was really her sweet spot, but she makes it so.

Charting new territory for the organization, the Mets have added Gretchen Aucoin to their minor league instructional team. While her description as "development coach" doesn't make clear what her specific assignment will be, the former collegiate and professional softballer will apparently be their first female coach teaching game skills. For the last decade or so, the organization has appointed women as trainers, performance coaches, and life-skills coaches, Aucoin is slated to be the first uniformed female Mets coach assigned to teaching the ol' baseball skills. Gretchen came recommended to the team by new Tampa Bay Tarpons manager Rachel Balkovec after new Mets assistant hitting coach Jeremy Barnes reached out to her. A two-way player (pitcher and third base), Aucoin also excelled on the hardwood, playing basketball only in high school, playing softball instead on travel teams (not unlike Brandon Nimmo and Jarred Kelenic), before switching to the diamond fulltime in college. [fimg=450]https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/AS2BQDF4GFCDRCEPV2K73B3COE.jpg[/fimg]

I agree. He's contending that the injuries she presented were not of his doing. [media=youtube]mqCKmjgH2e0[/media] (I'm not sure how far you can watch with such a nauseating guy, but he addresses the facts starting about 2:50. It's all pretty gross. "I never punched this woman in the face. I never punched her in the vagina.")

I already know my vote for the final.

D.A. declines to file charges. Bauer remains adamant that he did nothing wrong.

A lot of Mets in that show: Ice, Miguel Cairo, Pedro, Daubach, Robo Hernandez. That's just the principal actors.

Gerald also made a great first impression in 1992.

Somebiddy oughta ask Cliff about Ice.

I'm not sure which college or university Ventura supports. Any ideas?

I guess a 2000-er, a 2006-er, and a 2015-er are the VIPs now.

Didn't have much left, on offense or defense, but he fell into the lineup when Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron smashed into each other in San Diego. Cliff Floyd got hurt doing a belly flop later in the same game. Mostly a fourth outfielder, and sometimes fifth, but he had his best years with Atlanta, because of course he did. It goes without saying that 55 is too young. Here's to The Cancer Moonshot doing some good.

Also, pretty cool that he spent last summer with a team from Aguascalientes. That's a name right there.

Transactions, 2/7/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90]Signed Away from Aguascalientes (Mexican League)[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/vizcaya-anthony-2022.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Anthony Vizcaya [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/venezuelan-flag-small.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]10/24/93[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]AA (2019)[/td90] Tired of tuning in for "updates" on guys that have long since been cast off? Well, we've got news for you! The Mets have actually added a guy! And he's named after everybody's favorite somewhat tacky/somewhat historical Miami mansion and film shooting location! Anthony has spent a lot of his career in foreign leagues but he's had a run for both the Cleveland and Minnesota organizations. He most recently knocked 'em out in the Venezuelan Winter League where he was "Setup Man of the Year," which is totally a thing. After putting up a 2.45 ERA in 22 innings for Magallanes, he added four scoreless in the Caribbean Series. He's historically been a big strikeout guy, but appears to be dialing that back to add a little bit more control. MRC are projecting him to open with Syracuse. If it breaks that way, it may or may not mean Binghamton for Andrew Mitchell. If it is, it may be a blessing in disguise, because Mitchell was looking at being Syracuse's third lefty out of the pen. Down in Bingo, he'd be king.

=seawolf17 post_id=85620 time=1644252271 user_id=91]So I get it, yeah, but still.

José Bautista and his inky, inky beard totally eat it on the field of honor that is the backyard wiffleball field. The 13-year-old pitcher pantsing him goes by the name of "Doodoo Biscuit." [media=youtube]1H3D12bS1FI[/media]

His pension is gonna be HUGE.

That's two retirements in one weekend by Adrian!

Mets: "We'd like to thank Noah Syndergaard for his contributions to our franchise, and wish him luck with his new team, the Los Angeles Angels." Baseball: "They wish him luck? LOLMETS!!!" Mets: "We'd like to announce that we just signed Eduardo Escobar." Baseball: "Same old METS! They take a half-measure and they'll try to sell it as a 'big move'." Mets: "We'd like to announce that we just signed Starling Marte." Baseball: "Well, look who's serious! Too bad those idiots didn't replace Syndergaard." Mets: "We'd like to announce that we just signed Max Scherzer." Baseball: "OH, FUCK. Quick! Shut down all operations!" Fans: "Until when?" Baseball: "UNTIL WE SAY!!"

That sounds like some mighty ruffled feathers. Get one of the ambassadors on that. And for God's sake, put a ring on that man.

A couple of other persons cast off last year whose jettisoning had as yet been undocumented. Transactions, 5/24/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90]Released[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Samuel Marte [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dominican_Republic.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]12/28/00[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]DSL (2019)[/td90] Clearly, there can be only so many Martes in an organization, and the Mets were thinking ahead. This guy never got back on the field after the 2020 layoff. His one DSL season in 2019, he showed good power for a teenager, but extended slumpiness. Transactions, 7/31/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]GOING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90]Released[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/castro-wilmis-2019.jpg[/fimg][/td90] [td90]Name[/td90][td90]Wimis Castro [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Puerto_Rico.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]9/18/01[/td90] [td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]DSL (2019)[/td90] Also left never returned following his 2019 debut. Just about the same time the Mets released (Wilmis) Castro, they signed Fidel (Almario). I guess that means ... well, nothing.

I read that the owners don't want a delay in the season. Also, if people don't like baseball, it's probably because there aren't enough players named Bake anymore.

1) It's not the same job. 2) Un-mentioned by you is that he was a mid-season replacement. 3) I really don't know what he's teaching.

Yeah, I'm bitching about Leo Foster, while Steve Henderson is MIA. Looks like somebody in marketing and promotions has a grudge against the Torre-era Mets.

So, can anybody reel off each inclusion and who got overlooked? It's mostly in chronological order, but there are also some odd exceptions, like Ed Charles coming after John Milner (and coming in a hard-to-spot wide-angle shot), just to cross you up. They seemingly jump right from Willie Mays to Hubie and Mookie, but I don't see seem to pick up any Lenny Randle/Leo Foster/Elliot Maddox/Ray Burris-era action. I certainly may have missed some.

It is funny that THAT'S ALMORA! represents its story almost perfectly, but in doing so, represented a moment that represented almost nothing more than itself. That said, the Mets were in "A Different Hero Every Day" mode, and while that's almost always an unsustainable mode, it's almost always a gas to see your team in it.